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Saturday, 11 February 2012

Slain Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi said Friday that “a nationwide rebellion is brewing against the country's new rulers,” vowing to return to his homeland soon.

Speaking to Al-Arabiya by telephone from neighboring Niger, Saadi said that “seventy percent of Libyans are not satisfied with the current situation," adding that “the Libyan people are being ruled by gangs."

Moreover, he pointed out that "there is a rebellion that is going on day after day, and there will be a rebellion in the entire country."

“There will come a day when the Libyan people will be capable of wiping out these gangs," Saadi Gaddafi further said in reference to the National Transitional Council. Yet, he promised that after his return “I will try to make sure that there are no reprisals or revenge operations.”

The NTC responded to this statement by renewing its call to the Niger authorities to extradite Saadi Kadhafi.

“The NTC requests to the government of Niger to immediately hand over Saadi and other fugitives to the Libyan authorities to maintain its interests and relations with the Libyan people," spokesman Mohamed Nasr Al-Harizi said in a statement.

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Egypt plans to try 19 members of the US-based National Democratic Institute (NDI), North African region, for interference in Egypt’s internal affairs. US State Department funded NDI has rejected the accusation that its staff is working to fulfill US-Israel agenda in the Muslim African countries.

The offices of several local and international NGOs including Freedom House and the International Republican Institute (IRI) were raided in December by Egyptian authorities as part of a probe into alleged illegal funding.

Senator John Kerry, a Crypto-Jew, has warned Cairo, calling the arrests “a slap on the face” for America. Israel-Firster Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S. Carolina) has warned Cairo that Egypt will lose $1.3 billion military aid if those Americans end up in jail. Zionist Jew Senator Ben Cardin (R-Maryland), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Monday that Washington should “re-evaluate” the bilateral relationship, adding that it was “totally unacceptable” for Egypt to prosecute the activists on charges of illegal funding of aid groups.

The National Democratic Institute (NDI) West Africa - is headed by Ms Barrie Freeman who denies that NDI has a hidden agenda.

However, according to Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), Ms Barrie Freeman is lying from both sides of her Zionist body. Ron in an articlepublished on October 11, 2003, said:

“The misnamed National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is nothing more than a costly program that takes US taxpayer funds to promote favored politicians and political parties abroad. What the NED does in foreign countries, through its recipient organizations the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI), would be rightly illegal in theUnited States. The NED injects “soft money” into the domestic elections of foreign countries in favor of one party or the other. Imagine what a couple of hundred thousand dollars will do to assist a politician or political party in a relatively poor country abroad. It is particularly Orwellian to call US manipulation of foreign elections “promoting democracy.” How would Americans feel if the Chinese arrived with millions of dollars to support certain candidates deemed friendly to China? Would this be viewed as a democratic development?”.

So whose agenda the NDI staff could be pursuing other that the Zionist entity, which is scared to death with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

Egyptian Judge Sameh Abu Zeid said in Cairo that the NGOs are operating “without license,” and that their work “constitutes pure political activity and has nothing to do with civil society work.”

If convicted, the members of these organizations could be sentenced to five years in prison, according to another judge, Ashraf Ashmawi.

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"These reports confirm unequivocally (they're illegally) interfer(ing) in the affairs of a sovereign state. This is not a popular uprising. The insurrection as well as the killings of civilians were sponsored by the Western powers from the outset."

More on this below. Events replicate the Libya model a year earlier.

In February 2011, US/UK/French special forces and intelligence operatives actively began helping anti-Gaddafi NATO-backed militants. An armed insurgency followed, including bombing weeks later.

"....British special forces were deployed on the ground in order to help the UK'S allies - the Libyan 'revolutionaries' often called the National Transitional Council or NTC."

Knowledgeable sources said "they did a tremendous job" conquering Libya. "The existence of E Squadron is well known within the special forces community but has not hitherto been discussed publicly. It was formed five years ago to work closely with the intelligence service MI6, and is mainly involved in missions where maximum discretion is required, say Whitehall insiders."

Composed of SAS, SBS, and Special Reconnaissance Regiment forces, it "often operates in plain clothes and with the full range of national support, such as false identities, at its disposal."

Last March, other British media provided similar accounts. The London Daily Mail, said "hundreds of British special forces troops have been deployed deep inside Libya targeting Colonel Gaddafi's forces - and more are on standby."

"It is understood that just under 250 UK special forces soldiers have been in Libya since before the launch of air strikes to enforce the no-fly zone against Gaddafi's forces."

Another hundred or more were on standby. They were comprised of Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) paratroupers drawn from the SAS (Special Air Service) and SBS (Special Boat Service). They were resupplied from Cyprus. Moreover, 800 Royal Marines were "on five days notice" to deploy to the Mediterranean.

Last March, six squadron members were caught red-handed. Dropped in by helicopter, they were dressed in black, well-armed with weapons, explosives, maps and false passports. Britain claimed they arrived to protect diplomats and monitor events in Benghazi, not military operations.

An official Ministry of Defense statement said, "We neither confirm nor deny the story and we do not comment on the special forces."

The Libyan model's being replicated in Syria, so far short of bombing. Expect it if current tactics don't achieve regime change.

Washington debate shifted from diplomacy "towards more robust action since Russia and China blocked" Security Council action. "Any plan to supply aid or set up a buffer zone would involve a military dimension to protect aid convoys or vulnerable civilians."

"The Pentagon Central Command has begun a preliminary internal review of US military capabilities in the region" to provide options if ordered. An unnamed senior US official said "increasingly it looks like (military intervention) may not be avoidable."

Planning for a military campaign "is well underway. It could be a logical conclusion of those military and propaganda operations, which have been carried out by certain Western countries against North Africa."

Rogozin added that NATO plans intervening only against those regimes "whose views do not coincide with those of the West." As a result, he envisioned a possible "large-scale war in this huge region."

Military intervention now seems likely. Expect regional proxies to be used. Air power support may follow. UK, Qatari, and perhaps other Western elements inside Syria represent initial steps toward what appears planned.

A Final Comment

The business of America is permanent wars for unchallengeable wealth, power, and dominance, while homeland needs go begging.

Obama's a war profiteer front man. He plans them while talking peace. Ravaging Afghanistan continues. Thousands of US troops remain in Iraq. Others were repositioned nearby. Increased numbers were added to establish a larger regional footprint, combining air, ground, and naval units for future combat operations.

Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.

The US military leaders did not apology to US Muslim community when a video showing four Marines urinating on three dead Afghan bodies surfaced last month. However, the other day both defence secretary Leon Panetta and US Marine Commandant Gen. James F. Amos apologized to Abraham Foxman, national director of Israel lobby group, Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for Marine sniper team in Afghanistan posing in front a flag bearing the symbol Nazi SS. Watch video below.Another proof that former Israeli prime minister, Gen. Ariel Sharon, was 101% right when he told Shimon Peres on October 3, 2001: “I want to tell you something very clear, don’t worry about American pressure on Israel, we, the Jewish people control America, and the Americans know it“. Nazi SS (Schutzstaffel) was a special unit that murdered millions of Gypsies, Christians and Jews. The unit included some German Jew officers and soldier too.

The controversial photograph was taken in September 201 but surfaced on an internet blog recently. Immediately, several Jewish groups started a vicious campaign demanding a full investigation and punishment including bringing those in the photograph and anyone who condoned it to court-martial.“This is a complete and total outrage,”said Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Foundation. It seems Mikey too believes that Holocaust is new Jewish religion.

The Corps said in a statement that using the symbol was not acceptable, but the Marines in the photograph would not be disciplined because investigation determined it was a naive mistake.Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Weisenthal Centre, said he did not buy the explanation that posing with the flag was an innocent mistake and insisted the US public had the right to know what happened (to those Jew-hating Marines!).

Over a decade ago, ADL authored a 144-page guide, entitled “Days of Remembrance” for the Department of Defense (DOD) to teach soldiers how to respect Jewish feelings concerning Holocaust and Israel. Abe Foxman issued a statement on February 10 – praising both Panetta and Amos for their understanding of the Jewish feelings.

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had done a recon (penetration testing) of the CIA website. Well It looks like the report was fruitful because the CIA website has been completely void for over 2 hours. That is not good, for an intel operation. #justsayinRiver toSeaUprooted PalestinianThe views expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of this Blog!

On Monday, Republic of Maldives’ President Mohamed Nasheed was forced to resign by the anti-regime mass protests in the capital city of Male. Under Constitution, the vice-president Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik took over country’s Presidency. Waheed called for calm and promised to appoint a unity government. India’s prime minister Manmohan Singh was the first head of state to recognize the regime change. US State Department’s Jewish spokesperson, Victoria Nuland, told reporters yesterday that Washington considers the new government ‘legitimate’. US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake who is expected to arrive in Maldives tomorrow – was assured on phone by the new President that he will do everything possible to protect Nasheed.

Mohamed Nasheed, a secularist politician in a 100% Sunni Muslim population (400,000), is a darling of the West. In order to get the support of western anti-Muslim Zionists’ – Nasheed now claims that he was dumped on gunpoint by the pro-Islamist security forces for ordering the arrest of Chief Justice of Criminal Court, Abdullah Mohamed. Nasheed claims that Abdullah Mohamed had released one of Nasheed’s critics, Dr. Mohamed Jameel Ahmad. Dr. Jameel Ahmad was arrested for accusing Nasheed’s government being cahoot with the Zionist regime and that Israel tourists were corrupting country’s Islamic culture.

The military denied that it forced Nasheed to resign at gunpoint. “There is no officer in the military that would point a gun towards the president,” said Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Didi. “The military did not call for his resignation, he resigned voluntarily,” Didi said, adding that the military is trying to bring peace to troubled areas quickly.

Police official Abdul Mannan Yousuf promised investigations into complaints of excessive use of force by police.

The diplomatic relations between Maldives and the Zionist entity were established in 1965 – but severed by the president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom in 1980 who after deposing Sultan Mohamed Farid I, declared the Island nation as a republic. The links were re-established on September 25, 2009 by the new president Mohamed Nasheed. Israeli military officials were reinvited to train Maldives’ security agencies. In 2010, Islamic group protested against the arrival of Israeli surgeons to work at the government run Indhra Gandhi hospital. They claimed Israeli doctors are notorious in organ harvesting for Israel.

Nasheed who initially headed a colliation government, later turned into a civilian dictator. He awarded millions of dollars of contracts to his family members and close friends and wealthy supporters. Nasheed’s family has fleed the Island and country’s highest court has issued warrant for his arrest.
Nasheed’s problem with the Criminal Court goes back to 1965 when then Chief Justice Mohamed Jameel Didi had advised Sultan Mohamed Farid I not to receive the Israeli ambassador. The Sultan did not accept Chief Justice’s advise. The Sultan fired him and subsequently the old office of the chief cleric which combined judicial and Shariah functions was disbanded and replaced by western-style judiciary.

Maldives opposition party, Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP), has always criticized Nasheed’s ruling MDP for its relation with the Zionist entity. The leader of DRP’s religious wing asserts that it is “expressly forbidden” to give any assistance to Israel as “they forced Palestinians out of their homes and brutalised them only because they say ‘We are Muslims’.”

Maldives is a chain of 1,200 islands extending over 502 miles. Only 202 islands are populated. Islam has dominated Maldives since 1163 when its king converted to Islam. Muslim Arab historian Ibn Batuta visited Maldives in 1343. In 1346 he was appointed the Qadi (Chief Justice) of Maldives. The Portugueses occupied Maldives from 1558 to 1573. they’re eventually driven out by Muhammad Thakurufar Al-Azam and a Sultanate was established. It was abolished on November 11, 1968.

The Maldives people have roots in Southern India, Sri Lanka and traders from Arab countries. Today, Maldivian ethnic conscioussness is a strong blend of these cultures, reinforced by religion (Islam) and language (Dhiveli).

The Zionist regime has issued travel warning to Jewish tourists against visiting Maldives which is turning into a battle-ground for the US-China domination of the Indian Ocean.

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Egypt sends the U.S. an official indictment of over 100 pages charging arrested NGO workers with illegally funneling funds to rig elections, incite unrest, and overthrow the government.

Egyptian news sources (see below) are reporting that the U.S. has been handed an official 100 page indictment outline the charges against American NGO workers being detained in Egypt. U.S. officials say they are in the process of reviewing the document but are having problems with the translation. U.S. media sources continue to report the detained NGO workers as simple civilians working without a permit. Egyptian media tells a different story, saying the detainees are in fact of part of complex of organizations planning to seize control of the Egypt.
The Egypt accuses splinter organizations of both the U.S. Republican and Democrat parties, and other organizations, of illegally funneling money into Egypt. The indictment charges the organizations first used the funneled promote U.S. political candidates and then attempted to manipulate the Egyptian elections to get those candidates elected.
Egypt goes on to state that when that planned failed, and the U.S. candidates were not elected the organizations used the funneled money to plan and organize protests at which the organizations would incite violence and other civil unrest in order to cause riots and destabilize the region to overthrow the government.
All of this of course has been revealed by U.S. media sources already, but it is hard to get the complete picture as outlined in the indictment because every story is packed full of opinions and comments defending the work of the organizations instead of detailing the facts.
To be clear, it is illegal for for organizations to conduct in political activities in Egypt. These organizations were operating under the front of doing community based civil work. Further they were working without permits, which is also illegal, and without work visas to avoid detection. They were also bringing foreign (U.S) money into Egypt with out a permit to so and then using those funds in a manner illegal in Egypt.
At first you may be taken back by the through of the Republican party and the Democratic party trying to ferment civil unrest and incite riots. However, trying keeping The Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements in mind while trying to answer the question “What the hell else are our politicians doing in Washington besides trying to ferment civil unrest and spark a revolution?” They sure in the hell aren’t trying to placate the masses.
In case this is all too conspiratorial to you, check out his Guide to the Revolution in Egypt, disseminated by the media for PRIOR to the Protests. I came across this on a blog of a Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia fellow who specializes in “Crisis Mapping” and runs the iRevolution blog:

The above 26-page how-to guide circulated in both hard- and electronic-copy during [before] the first wave of protests in Egypt. The document was translated into English by The Atlantic and outlines a number of critical points central to civil resistance, including very specific demands on the Mubarak regime; concrete goals for the popular resistance and tactical steps to achieve these stated goals. The guide also provided tips on what protection gear to wear and how to engage the police with the use of spray paint.Ahmed Salah, one of the co-founders of the April 6th movement, later recounted how they mobilized protesters:
Starting in the alleys was not a random decision. It makes tactical and strategic sense regardless of the technology used to coordinate this. Starting small and away from the main protests is a safe way to pool protesters together. It’s also about creating an iterative approach to a “strength in numbers” dynamic. As more people crowd the smaller the streets, this gives a sense of momentum and confidence. Starting in alley ways localizes the initiative. People are likely neighbors and join because they see their friend or sister out in the street. This tactic figured as a drawing in the 26-page guide:
The guide also stressed the need to remain peaceful and not engage in sabotage. The discipline of remaining non-violent is instrumental in civil resistance. Engaging in violence provides government forces with the excuse they’re looking for to clamp down on protesters and delegitimize them in a public way. The guide also recommends that activists try to win over the police and army instead of attacking them. The protesters behind this guide were clearly well trained and knew what they were doing. They even provided several Google Earth screen shots of different parts of the city to recommend tactical moves:
See my blog post on Maps, Activism and Technology: Check-in’s with a Purpose for more on the above picture.
Activists thus took deliberate and informed actions and used technology to synchronize those actions. How did the popular movement become this sophisticated? Young Egyptians had lots of practice. From the Kefeya movement of 2004, the elections of 2005 (and 2010), the April 6 movement of 2008 and the Khaled Said campaign of 2010. They learned from each confrontation and adapted their tactics and strategies accordingly. They reached out to others such as Otpor in Serbia for training and guidance. The Serbs met with Egyptian groups and ”shared their own hard-won experience, as well as fundamental lessons of popular nonviolent resistance,” according to this article in The Atlantic. And they took inspiration from the writings of Gene Sharp.

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Only one of those three animals, is an Elephantalthough ,
they all are huge, brown and fat with a thick-skin,
all living in the same place.....eating the same food.

I must thank Russia and China for their honest stand against

the UN-boycott+sanctions on Syria.

Although Russia and China have a long history of a non-democracy ,
they at least, can recogniseit, if or when it would come, anywhere.(Add to that, the significant-fact that, those are the only 2 countries ,on this planet ,
who cannot be scared by the USA nor by the NATO )

Obviously and logically those two huge powers do recognisea genuine democracy ,

simply because they have opposed it , or otherwise delayed it, for long decades.

It is like an elephant-hunter who can exactly identify and recognise an elephant

from a rhinoceros or from a hippopotamus....

What is today imposed , from outside on Syria , is anything else but a Democracy

it is not even a step towards a Democracy.....

If you ask me , I say ,
it is simply anorchestrateddestabilisation

leading to the weakening of the last anti-Israel-fortress......

Whether Syria would have been pro-Iran or not,
is not as much relevant as the fact thatSyria would never accept an Israel.......

Members of the Russian State Duma on Wednesday firmly condemned interference by force in other countries' affairs and imposing decisions on it from abroad.In a statement adopted by the Duma after the agreement of its four parliamentary blocs, the members expressed deep concern over the volatile situation in Syria.

The statement stressed the impossibility of Russia supporting a single document that implies or allows such interference without direct agreement by the Security Council.

The Duma called upon the United Nations, especially the Security Council, to not be biased in favor of one side in Syria over another in a similar manner to the unbalanced stance represented in the draft resolution which Russia and China vetoed as it aborts all opportunities to conduct a constructive dialogue.

The statement added that Russia and China vetoed the draft resolution submitted by Morocco in coordination with some Arab and Western countries as the draft resolution didn't fulfill its main goal of achieving stability and security in Syria, in addition to ceasing violence in it. The statement stressed that the stance taken by the Russian representative at the UN matches the vision of the Russian leadership which calls for reaching an internal solution to the crisis in Syria through internal and productive dialogue after all sides halt violence. The statement stressed that all the scenarios presented by some Arab and western countries totally contradicted function as they anticipate the outcome of the political process in Syria and warn one side only, in addition to considering the political regime change as essential to settle the crisis in Syria.

The statement stressed that other Security Council members intentionally are misleading the international community through accusing Russia and China of further complicating the crisis in Syria as the two countries rejected the unbalanced draft resolution on the situation in Syria. The Duma called upon all sides in Syria to not use force and find acceptable solutions based on constructive dialogue.

Russian Foreign Ministry Condemns Aleppo Terrorist Bombings

The Russian Foreign Ministry affirmed its constant and firm condemnation of terrorism in all its forms, saying that the terrorist attacks in Aleppo cannot be justified and that those who committed them and organized them must be found and punished.

In a statement issued on Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed deepest sympathies to the families of the deceased and wished the injured a swift recovery.

The statement reiterated Syria's stance which calls for quickly ceasing all violence in Syria and resolving issues through a comprehensive national dialogue between the authorities and the oppositions without preconditions, calling on Syrian opposition groups inside Syria and abroad to distance themselves from those who bring violence and terrorism to Syria.

Lavrov: UN Foundations Will Be Destabilized if Libyan Scenario is Repeated in Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that repeating the Libyan scenario in Syria would undermine international stability and undermine the basis of the United Nations.

Lavrov stressed that Russia supports the Syrian people's hopes of justice and a better life, and that his country opposes violence regardless of source, yet at the same time it adheres to the basic principles of international law which lay the foundations of international relations, and that among these principles is respecting countries' sovereignty and not interfering in its internal affairs.

Bogdanov: Arab League Observers Can Verify Information about Foreign Units Operating in Syria

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Bogdanov said that the Arab League observers can verify the information that there are foreign special units operating gin Syria, particularly Qatari and British ones.

Bogdanov said that verifying such information is part of the observers' tasks and that Russia supports the observer mission, stressing that Syria is a sovereign country and that this information must be verified.

Rybakov: Responsibility for Stopping Bloodshed in Syria Lies with the Opposition

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Rybakov said that the responsibility for stopping bloodshed in Syria and settling the conflict peacefully through dialogue lies with the Syrian opposition and its proponents.

In a statement during his visit t Colombia, Rybakov added that Western countries which are instigating the Syrian opposition to create chaos and are supplying it with weapons are in fact involved together with the opposition in aggravating the situation.

He stressed that Russia doesn't agree with the western countries on the so-called 'humanitarian intervention', adding that the western attempts in this regards violate the international law principles.

Rybakov pointed out that he told the Colombian officials that using Veto against the western draft resolution came to ensure the appropriate circumstances for an internal Syrian dialogue without foreign intervention.

He stressed that the western draft resolution wasn't balanced, highlighting that the draft was an international attempt to dictate a regime change in a sovereign country.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister said "If our foreign partners don't realize this, we will be obliged to use more effective means to help them get back to reality."

Rybakov added that the responsibility for stopping bloodshed in Syria and settling the conflict peacefully through dialogue lies with the Syrian opposition and its proponents.He said that Russia proposed to be a mediator through calling upon all Syrian sides to meet in Moscow.

Rybakov underlined that the Syrian leadership, during the visit of Russia's Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov and Chief of the Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov to Syria, expressed readiness for dialogue and that President Bashar al-Assad assigned his Vice-President Farouk al-Shara to head the Syrian government delegation to dialogue with the opposition.

He underscored the readiness of the Syrian leadership to hold a referendum on a new constitution very soon as one step towards elections.

He added that they are attempting to hold Russia and China the responsible for more blood-shed in Syria because of their veto of a Moroccan draft resolution on Syria at the Security Council, stressing the falsification of facts practiced by the opposition and the West in doing so.

Rybakov said these sides have to shoulder their responsibility in holding the opposition back and demand it to accept the Syrian government's proposal to hold a real national dialogue.He said that Russia is doing its best to avoid the worst, adding that he informed Colombia, the non-permanent member at the Security Council, of the Russian leadership's stance.

He also stressed the need for non-bias in the current stage due to the dynamic changes and the emergence of new power centers in the world.

The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister called for clear understanding of Russia's motives so that to distance Russia from falsification.

Chairman of the State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Alexei Pushkov on Friday said that the west policy towards Syria is accompanied by a media falsification campaign.

During a debate at the Duma over a special statement on Syria, Pushkov added that the western countries are carrying out this campaign in cooperation with fundamentalist kingdoms in the Middle East region that are very far away from democracy.

He warned against the attempts to impose two new principles on the international community, adding that the principles are legitimizing the foreign intervention and turning the UN and the UN Security Council into allies to one side in internal conflicts.

Pushkov pointed out that Russia has to enhance its sources to obtain neutral information, adding that the Russian media channels have been focusing, for the last two decades, on the internal issues.

After the Duma meeting passed the statement on Syria, Pushkov affirmed the importance of the unanimous stance of Duma members in issuing their statement on Syria, stressing that this shows that the political forces in the Duma agree upon the need to support Syria and upon the Russian foreign policy in general.

He said that this initiative stems from the unanimous approval of Russia's stance of defending its interests and international law, noting that the situation regarding Syria is intensifying and that it can develop similarly to the Libyan scenario, adding that there are reports currently being verified regarding the presence of foreign special units in Syria.

Pushkov said that Russia and China will not allow the Libyan scenario to be repeated in Syria, noting that many foreign forces support the Syrian opposition and arm them and at the same time present an unbalanced resolution to the Security Council.

Friday, 10 February 2012

Armed Terrorist Groups also know in the Westen World as Peaceful Protesters are killing everyday innocent Civilians and Army Members. Schools are burning everyday. This is School number 1951 that has been burned by them.

Full Translation:

man 1, All the glass is broken in this School
They shot at this school
We can’t send our kids to school, because of this issue
Thank God, we don’t have any injured here
What should i tell you
I ask all people to stay at home
Shooting are coming from all Directions
We wish the Army will control this
man 2, It is enough we are scared the whole time…
We know the Army are suffering like us…
Those Terrorist are not Muslims…
man 3, We want the Army to enterfer
we have no other solution…
we are suffering
Now more than a Kid was shot
We just want the Army to come
man 2, A Kid running the street was shot, what did he wrong to be shoot
It’s Enough
It’s the 3 time they attack these schools
girl, We want from the President to bring the Syrian Army to us and protect us…
An RPG was shoot at our school… We are afraid… We want the Army
…minutes later an armed terrorist groups were attacking again
man 4, Come on
Camera man, look there an RPG
…man 2 who was speaking before was shoot in his face
man 5, This is the 3 Rpg at this School
Is this what the Arab League wants?!
This is what Hamad (Qatari Leader) wants?!
Isn’t this Syrian Blood?!
This is their Freedom
We want the Army to come (They repeat it several times)
look at this school, this is their Freedom
man 5, Please Mr President, may your father Rest in Peace…
We need your help!
*Source

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The United States’ relations with all of its allies and friends across the world are quite similar — they are all based on military ties and agreements. Military cooperation has been at the core of relations between Europe and the US since the end of World War I, superseding any other type of liaison, including cultural. For instance, French-US relations have always been positively correlated with the warmth of France’s relations with NATO, the main pillar of the US’ military, political and economic influence in Europe and France. In other words, the rise and fall of French-US relations have always paralleled the rise and fall of both French-US bilateral military cooperation and NATO collective military cooperation.

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The US has maintained military ties with Egypt ever since the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1978, which sought to promote regional peace with Israel. With the fall of Hosni Mubarak and the ensuing battle between the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and Egyptian protesters, the US must now clarify its priorities in the region, writes Samir Karam.

Egyptian-US relations are no exception to this type of arrangement. In fact, since the signature of the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel [in 1978] the relations between the two countries have been based on military grounds. In the 1990s, the US decision to reduce aid to Egypt only decreased economic assistance, whereas financial support to the military was unchanged.

Egyptian-US military cooperation only grew with the expansion of the US’ military role in the Middle East during the first Gulf War, the second Gulf War and the occupation of Iraq. Egypt’s military coordination with NATO has also risen given that Egypt is seen as an important figure in Middle Eastern affairs. What’s more, Israel’s cooperation with NATO in the Middle East did not prevent Mubarak from deepening Egypt’s ties with NATO, highlighting the weight that military partnership took in US-Egyptian affairs. Cooperation with NATO was always deemed to be a precondition to increased ties with the US.

Egyptian-US military relations, which were crafted within the framework of the Camp David Accords, have been becoming more important since the late 1970s. US interests gained strength after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the US taking on the role of the world’s only superpower.

In light of US hegemony in the region and growing military cooperation between Egypt and the US, Egypt stopped confronting Israel. Consequently, it sought further increases in US military coordination. Egypt got its wish under a NATO umbrella. The importance of NATO's regional role was underlined by the recent events in Libya, in which a NATO intervention directly led to the downfall of the Muammar Qaddafi’s regime.

Egyptian-US military cooperation is no longer limited to the series of biennial joint training exercises led by American and Egyptian forces in Egypt, called "Operation Bright Star," which began shortly after the signature of the Camp David Treaty. Operation Bright Star has also been expanded to include Arab and Atlantic countries. The goal of these joint exercises is not yet clear. However, it is clear that they cannot aim at harming Israel or any other country that has military, political and economic ties with the US.

Egypt’s big surprise — the January 25 revolution — called into question Egyptian-US relations like no other developments since the 1970s, leaving the US and its military institutions particularly worried. As a consequence of the popular uprisings, the US was forced to stop supporting the old regime and to start calling for the overthrow of Mubarak and the establishment of democracy.

Since the outbreak of the Egyptian revolution a year ago, it has become clearer than ever to what extent the US is keen on maintaining its special relations with Egypt. Since the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) took power in Egypt after the fall of Mubarak, senior US military commanders have continuously visited Cairo to hold urgent meetings with the president of the SCAF, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, and Vice President Sami Annan. It should be noted that most of these American visits were made by senior officers of the US Central Command, which have been the ones primarily in charge of maintaining US military hegemony in the Middle East.

Ever since it announced its support for Egypt’s “new regime," the US has shown interest in establishing democracy in Egypt, promoting a deepening of ties with the Muslim Brotherhood and its Freedom and Justice Party prior to the Egyptian parliamentary elections. These elections resulted in the Muslim Brotherhood’s party winning a majority of seats, followed by the Salafist al-Nour party in number of seats won.

These developments have revealed the extent of US diplomat’s years-long interest in establishing secret relations with the Muslim Brotherhood, even under the Mubarak regime. US influence gave rise to political deals between this regime and that movement, enabling the Muslim Brotherhood to win 88 seats in the parliamentary elections of 2005.

Throughout the post-parliamentary election period, the US has shown increasing interest in Egyptian political developments due to a number of factors. They have taken a particular interest in the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the fact that the Brotherhood is about to devour power in Egypt as the transitional period, which has been overseen by the SCAF, is drawing to an end. On the other hand, the civic groups — which played a key role in the revolution despite having belatedly joined it — are increasingly defying the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood. The US has begun to engage in consultations with both the SCAF and the Muslim Brotherhood regarding these developments, which have followed 40 years of political oblivion in Egypt.

US interest in consolidating Egyptian democracy has confused both US politicians and Egyptian military rulers. The military has repeatedly expressed its willingness to hand over power to the civilians who will be elected by the end of next June.

The US no longer sees the current military relationship with Egypt as a sufficient guarantee to democracy in Egypt after the transitional period. In recent weeks, the US has seemingly hoped for assurances from the SCAF that it would not interfere in the work of NGOs in the Egyptian democratic process.

Then, the SCAF suddenly decided to send an Egyptian military delegation to Washington for talks with US Department of Defense and State Department officials about political developments in Egypt. Interestingly, this was announced by US officials in Washington — not by Egyptian officials in Cairo. This sudden move has worried the US, especially considering the SCAF’s recent ban on US citizens working in civic organizations in Egypt which receive financial support from their US parent organizations. It quickly became clear that the Egyptian military delegation to Washington had been tasked with negotiating with congressional leaders about the US Congress’ explicit threats to reduce or halt US military aid to Egypt.

The sending of the Egyptian military delegation to Washington reveals a level of tension between Egypt and the US that has been unprecedented since the signing of the treaty at Camp David under US auspices. However, Washington is keen on limiting this tension to the realm of SCAF’s actions against NGOs whose activities depend on US funding. On this issue, Victoria Nuland, spokesperson for the US State Department, said, "Washington is not trying to reach a tactical decision regarding the American group which was prevented from traveling. It is rather trying to achieve a strategic [solution] for the issue of NGOs in Egypt, including [how to establish] a registration system for them.”

However, The New York Times was — as usual — less subtle than the US spokesperson. The paper has written that Egypt in the post-Mubarak period is facing serious challenges related to the revolution. It has also written that the revolution is not yet over, and that Egypt has no need to create problems with the US. In other words, The New York Times does not see these issues as limited some Americans being unable to leave Egypt until the end of investigations into NGO activity.

For its part, the Christian Science Monitor was even more blunt. It wrote that the military delegation’s visit represented a warning by the Egyptian military against pushing them toward any rapid change, and that the move was maybe meant to be a reminder to the US not to meddle with the Egyptian military’s interests. It said that the SCAF is playing “a dangerous game.”

For all these reasons, we can conclude that the status quo has led to heightened tension between Egypt and the US. The US has not offered Egypt any assurances regarding its reduction in military aid. On the other hand, the US also faces uncertainties in that it needs guarantees of the SCAF's cooperation regardless of any political developments in Egypt.

In fact, the tension currently plaguing relations between Cairo and Washington has more serious implications than the mere continuation of post-revolutionary relations between the two countries — it is explicitly or implicitly related to the terms of military relations between Egypt and the US. One of the key issues is Egypt’s commitment to the Camp David Accords and its peace with Israel.

It is no secret that the US wants Egypt’s military to abide by these treaties in return for military aid. Meanwhile, Washington seems satisfied with the Muslim Brotherhood’s reassurance that Egypt will remain committed to the Treaty, and tranquil relations with Israel will be preserved under its rule.
Regardless, the ongoing revolution in Egypt has forced the US to reconsider the future of its military ties with Egypt, whichever party will gain power.

So far, Washington has appeared determined to reconsider these ties in order to get democratic guarantees during the transitional period. This eagerness for pluralistic democracy contrasts with the fact that the US clearly also seeks to keep military cooperation at the center of any future relations. Indeed, military cooperation remains the focal point for its foreign policy with regards to many Middle Eastern countries.

The US may therefore continue to show special interest for relations with the SCAF during the post-transitional period, regardless of whether the SCAF prolongs this period or delivers on its promises to hand over power on time.

Either way, against the backdrop of waning US interest in democracy in Egypt, the relationship between the Egyptian military establishment and the US will have clear implications on developments over the coming months.

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Nahida the exiled Palestinian
The typical Zionist hasbara method of systematic attempt to discredit any genuine Resistance Mass Movement, is brilliantly exposed by Jonathan Azaziah thorough analysis of the case of Uri-Avnery, allegedly a "humanist" and "peace activist". Not surprisingly, the same method and tactics are used by another UK "humanist" and "peace activists". In this case Tony Greenstein takes it upon himself to discredit the Islamic Resistance Mass Movement which was also elected by majority Palestinian into government in 2006.

After a long campaign along with his partisans "Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods" JBIG, Mr. Greenstein managed recently to insert a sugar coated motion that would act as a diversion of PSC and lead it away from total dedication of supporting the oppressed Palestinians into fighting side battles of ADL and BOD of British Jews type.

Hence they have managed to steer the solidarity movement away from prime aims of marching to help Palestinians in their struggle of Liberation, into getting stuck with fighting alleged "anti-Semitism" and dealing with accusations without proof, endless debates and in-fights that would only weaken, distract and waste valuable time of the movement. Altogether, these amount to dilatory tactics allowing the Zionists to brutally finalize their Jewish national project.

Under the pretext of fighting anti-Semitism and racism, the hijackers aim to obfuscate and cover up any study or scrutiny of Jewish supremacy and racism which was not even mentioned in the motion about racism, presented by JBIG and adopted by PSC.

Under the pretext of fighting racism and anti-Semitism the goal of the hijackers is to block andprevent serious investigation of global Jewish-Zionist networks and organizations in their respective Jewish communities world wide, and their role in supporting, defending and protecting the criminal Zionist entity.

Under the pretext of the uniqueness and exceptionality of Jewish suffering, they aim to justify the need of the perpetual existence of a "state for the Jews", a "homeland for the Jewish people" in Palestine, an "Israel", a "safe-haven" where the "eternally persecuted" Jews can finally call "home", where they can exercise their "sovereign rights" to be a "nation"; be it as it may, an invented one, and be it as it may at the expense of another nation and the almost total extermination and dispossession of another people through wars of conquest and genocide. They call their omnibous solution, a Secular state for ALL its citizens. Hence preparing the ground of the soft, cultural, factual and permanent TAKE OVER of Palestine (early Zionists called that type of soft takeover, Cultural Zionism).

Under the pretext of the uniqueness and exceptionality of Jewish suffering, our detractors want to impose on Palestinians to give up their rights to resist and defend themselves, they want Palestinians to abandon the idea of reinstatement of their stolen land, and to impose on them the acceptance of sharing permanently their land with those who oppressed and dispossessed them for decades, those who have systematically violated, desecrated and destroyed the beloved land of Palestine.

This obfuscation, control, manipulation and exclusion of many activists including Palestinians is nothing but a tool that would only help the finalization of the Zionist project with all its abhorrent criminality, lunacy and cultural supremacy, all while clothing it with a softer -yet no less domineering, no less supremacist, no less ugly face.

I, an exiled for 45 years, and with me millions of Palestinians either exiled or languishing under the iron fist of an illegitimate occupation, we refuse to give up our sovereign right to fully Liberate our Homeland from this malevolent atrocious occupation.

Of course the likes of Greenstein and co, would like the world along with PSC members to believe that there is absolutely no Jewish link, and there is absolutely no Jewish connection or dimension in the catastrophe that befell upon Palestine!

Non of the occupiers is Jewish;
Non of the IDF is Jewish;
Non of the settlers is Jewish;
Non of their supporters outside Palestine is Jewish;
Zionism is a not a Jewish movement;
The "promised land" is a not a Jewish concept;
Even "Ha Torah Ha'Melech" Is a Zionist and not a Jewish book.

"If a Zionist is a Jew, it is anti-Semitic to mention it; if an anti-Zionist is a Jew, it is mandatory to point it out." Gill Kaffash

Of course according to our detractors this sentence is "anti-Semitic" !

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Addendum:

The image above of "Ha'Torah Ha'Melech" was posted on Greenstein's blog. The book was presented as a "Zionist" Orthodox book. When I pointed out to a Jewish friend the hypocrisy, the lie and deliberate falsification in such representation, and when I asked her: "since when Torah, and Talmud and such books have become Zionist books?", mysteriously, a "damage-control", "counter-productive" little birdy whispered something into Mr Greenstein's ear, who immediately replaced the previous image with this one: